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Reedycja debiutu VECTOM oryginalnie wydanego w 1985 roku. 35 minut old school speed metalu.
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In the deep underground metal scene of Germany were hidden many great bands that no one knew of, especially outside the European territory. This was the case with the German speed metal band Vectom. Very little information is known about their background as well as the members of the band. They basically appeared in 1983, released two full-length records and then spit-up apparently in 1993. This is kind of unfortunate because they always lived in the obscurity and didn't benefit from great label support and promotion. Though, the amount of similar bands was absurd at this point, the band didn't innovate enough musically speaking. However, they still managed to release some material, despite dealing with those problems.

What we have here is the first album of Vectom titled "Speed Revolution". Some of you might tell yourself by looking at the cover art: "What the fuck is that?". Well this is understandable because no one really knows, but most people think that its some evil KKK guys dressed in black. I think these guys really tried to be offensive in their music, especially for a 1985 album, but this is what the shit was back then. Even though there are 10 songs on the record, it still only clocks at 35 minutes, and nearly all tracks average the 3 minutes of length. It tells a bit about the musical approach the band has taken.

The album begins with the self-titled track of the album, "Speed Revolution", with a creepy introduction until a guitar riff is unleashed accompanied by violent drumming blasts, which I really liked the sound. The chorus is pretty cool also, going simply, but efficiently by "Revolution!", it kind of feature the typical speed metal song structure. We also have the following "In Nomine Satanas" that doesn't bring much more to the table, but very intense drumming performance, and some sort of guitar solos, to say the least. I have a love/hate opinion about the third track "Damned Love" though, the main riff is killer, but the chorus doesn't sound that good for me at least, but still a good song whatsoever. The most memorable songs are definitely "Black Viper", "Satan's Colour" and "Open the Coffin" if you ask me. All three of these songs have a catchy as hell chorus, interesting melodic passages and nice solos as well as some unique vocals of Christian Bucher. He had a pretty nice voice tone and it fitted perfectly in this kind of raw speed metal with the semi-growling and high-pitched screams at times. One thing for sure, Vectom sounds exactly how German speed and thrash metal of the 80s is known for, their music can most likely be compared to other German bands such as Carrion, Necronomicon or Angel Dust. They also followed the evil and occult train of the mid-80s by adopting the satanic worship lyrics. However, they quickly changed their subjects in their second record and got better with their instruments too. Even though it's their first album, they still were talented musicians, they just didn't have the experience ... But one thing for sure, they had the will and ferocity. The "Speed Revolution" album production quality is really primitive, but still nice to listen too because we can actually hear all the instruments in the mix properly, the bass is especially interesting there, it will surely appeal to the people that are used to this kind of old school sound.

Overall, there's nothing really "original", but it doesn't mean that it's not great because in fact, this is a solid record and worthy of being among the great releases of German speed and thrash metal of the mid-80s. Maybe it's not as memorable or as good as the Sodom, Destruction and Kreator first records, but it definitely has it charm. I obviously recommend giving this album a chance, I am pretty sure that it can make some great headbanging moments, especially for fans of 80s old school metal that doesn't care about the sound quality, even if it's not bad in that particular case, for me at least.

DesecratorJ



..::TRACK-LIST::..

1. Speed Revolution
2. In Nomine Satanas
3. Damned Love
4. The Exterminator
5. Loudness And Speed
6. Black Viper
7. Day Of Execution
8. Open The Coffin
9. Satan's Colours
10. Too Fast For Hell



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Wolfgang Sonhütter - Drums
Horst Götz - Guitars
Stefan Kroll - Guitars
Ralf Simon - Bass
Christian Bucher - Vocals




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